Vishen Lakhiani introduces an exercise to uncover your true goals by examining the cultural programming passed down through generations. Spend an hour or break it into daily sessions to design a more intentional life, whether for yourself or your organization.
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I'm about to take you on an exercise that is going to help you gain a remarkable degree of clarity on why you're here and how your life is destined to unfold. This is an exercise called the three Most Important Questions. It is a set of questions that get you to think and reflect on the life you want to create for yourself. But most importantly, it's a set of questions that extracts you from what I call culturescape programming. We are programmed from the time we are born and this programming influences our goals. This programming is what I call the culturescape. I coined the word culturescape to describe that tangled web of beliefs, rituals, ideologies that we are born into. The culturescape is beautiful. Think about all the incredible things you experience when you travel to a new country. But the problem with the culturescape is that many of its rules make no sense at all. They are rules simply passed down from generation to generation to generation to generation with no one questioning them. Questioning the rules of the culturescape and following my heart led to a much greater outcome than I could possibly have imagined. Yet most of us don't do this. Most of us end up following the pre programmed rules and then waking up one day at the age of 40 going, what on earth is happening to my life? The three most Important questions is designed to create a life where you don't wake up at 40 questioning your decisions, where you understand that life is so much richer and has so many more options than we could possibly imagine. But the secret is to listen to your heart. You're going to be guided into an exercise to do precisely this. You can go through all the lessons and lectures today in one go and you'll be done in about an hour, maybe a little bit more. Or you could do this in stages, 15 to 20 minutes every day, and you'll be done in a few days. You will have a beautiful piece of paper with your 3M IQs. You can also deploy this program to your company or your school. This deliberate intent around moving yourself towards your ideal life is going to be so powerful and it's going to cause you to live a life that you've always dreamed about and to be an inspiration for others. That is my wish for you and I'm excited to have you complete this program.
